package.skeleton            package:base            R Documentation

_C_r_e_a_t_e _a _s_k_e_l_e_t_o_n _f_o_r _a _n_e_w _p_a_c_k_a_g_e

_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     'package.skeleton' automates some of the setup for a new package. 
     It creates directories, saves functions and data to appropriate
     places, and creates skeleton help files and 'README' files
     describing further steps in packaging.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     package.skeleton(name="anRpackage", list, environment=.GlobalEnv, 
             path=".", force=FALSE)

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

    name: directory name for your package

    list: vector of names of R objects to put in the package

environment: if 'list' is omitted, the contents of this environment are
          packaged

    path: path to put the package directories in

   force: If 'FALSE' will not overwrite an existing directory

_V_a_l_u_e:

     used for its side-effects.

_R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s:

     Read the _Writing R Extensions_ manual for more details

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o:

     'install.packages'

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

     ## Don't run: 
         f<-function(x,y) x+y
         g<-function(x,y) x-y
         d<-data.frame(a=1,b=2)
         e<-rnorm(1000)
         package.skeleton(list=c("f","g","d","e"),name="AnExample")
     ## End Don't run

